I'm having a lot of issues with creating a dynamic array containing objects.
As I've understood it, because my array is handling objects, the class stored in the array must have a copy constructor or an assignment operator so that all will be copied properly.
I've successfully created this program with a normal array of defined size. Now I have a lot of problems creating the same program with a dynamic array.
Class 1 The objects to be stored:
class objToBeStored{
private:
string dataToBeStored;
int sizeOfArray;
string *storedArray;
public:
objToBeStored(); //empty constructor
objToBeStored& operator =(const objToBeStored& o); // assignment operator
~objToBeStored(); //destructor (no code inside);
bool getData(istream &stream);
//.....other methods to do stuff
};
objToBeStored::objToBeStored(){
//empty
}
objToBeStored& objToBeStored::operator=(const objToBeStored& o){
if(this != o){
dataToBeStored = o.dataToBeStored;
for (int i = 0; i < sizeOfArray; i++){
storedArray[i] = o.storedArray[i];
}
}
return *this;
}
void objToBeStored::getData(istream &stream){
stream >> dataToBeStored >> sizeOfArray;
storedArray = new string[sizeOfArray];
for(int i = 0; i < sizeOfArray; i++){
stream >> storedArray[i];
}
return !stream.eof();
}
//.....other methods to do stuff
Class 2 contains the dynamic array that stores the above objects. Everything is working,except how I declared my dynamic array and the functions handling it. Therefore I will write this code below:
class storageArrayClass{
private:
storageArrayClass *store;
storageArrayClass *storptr;
int numberOfstored;
public:
storageArrayClass(); //empty constructor
~storageArrayClass();
void addElm(objToBeStored & o);
//other functions to do stuff
};
storageArrayClass::storageArrayClass(){ //constructor
numberOfstored = 0;
}
storageArrayClass::~storageArrayClass(){
}
void storageArrayClass(istream &stream) {
objToBeStored o;
o.getData(stream);
if(numberOfstored == 0){ //check it this is the first element
store = new objToBeStored[1]; //create a new array with length 1
store[(numberOfstored] = o; //store object
}else{
objToBeStored tmpStore = new objToBeStored[(numberOfstored+1]; //create a temp. array with 1 more position
for(int i=0; i < numberOfstored; i++){
tmpStore[i] = store[i]; //copy original array to the temp. array
storptr = &tmpStore[i]; // increment a point
}
storptr++; //increment pointer to last position
*storptr = o; //store object in last position
delete[] store; //delete the original array
store = new objToBeStored[(numberOfstored+1]; //create a new original array
store = tmpStore;//copy temp. array
}
}
I manage to add 3 objects to my dynamic array before I get the following error:
Process returned -1073741819 (0xC0000005) execution time : 5.059 s
Please help. I've read countless threads here, but I cannot get it to work.
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